Cataclysm King

Chapter 248 The Seal Breaks
  The entire underground space is filled with a turbid spiritual pollution.

The four of them retreated to the snake sculpture at the entrance.

Song Yu took out an alchemy lamp and lit it, and the layout of the temple became clear in the silver.

The four of them looked at the pyramid dripping with blood, with different expressions.

Song Yu also immediately guessed what was going on with the blood. He covered his mouth and whispered, "Could this be caused by the vampires in Bolton Town before?"

"Ah."

Ji Xun took a few glances and confirmed that the blood pool was the product of sacrifices made by the Old Sect.

I just don’t know how those guys got the blood here through the air.

And the blood on the pyramid is not ordinary blood.

The name that inspired him was [Corrupted Blood Media].

This is similar to the [Secret Psychic Medium] produced by the Silver Moon Sect through sacrifices.

They are all extraordinary items that contain strong pollution of faith.

It's just that the level of [Blood Media] is higher, so high that the enlightenment Ji Xun sees is only his name.

Ji Xun had previously obtained several pieces of spiritual medium refined by the Silver Moon Sect.

But that kind of evil product usually only sacrifices a few hundred people.

The pool of blood in front of them probably had hundreds of thousands of human beings sacrificed.

The blood sacrifice in Bolton Town is probably only part of it.

Now that I think about it, the previous war between Earl Fremont and Senator Bourne over the gold mine resulted in heavy casualties.
  I'm afraid it's not that simple anymore.

Now that vampires have appeared on the battlefield, the pollution may have started to spread very early.

It looks like a conspiracy is behind this war.

And the ultimate goal is probably to unblock the things in this pyramid.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun also took a breath and whispered to himself: "Those believers of the Old God Sect really don't take human life seriously."

This was only a little leaked, and so many people were sacrificed.

If the things inside this pyramid really appear in the world, it will really be a disaster on the level of civilization destruction.

He had a vague idea: Could it be that the cataclysm that led to the destruction of Talon civilization three thousand years ago was because of these indescribable existences?
  “But what exactly is this ‘scarlet corruption’?”

Ji Xun frowned as he looked at it.

But I also have some expectations.

The evil gate of the blood pool is also an extremely dangerous source of pollution for others.

But in Ji Xun's eyes, the sky above the blood pool was overflowing with terrifying extraordinary characteristics.

In other words, [Feast] can also be devoured.

However, this was different from the previous psychics. Ji Xun not only felt the pollution of faith, but also felt like his skin was being corroded by strong acid.

This feeling is very strange.
  After being stimulated, Ji Xun's conditioned reflex was to transform into a werewolf to resist this corruption.

Ji Xun couldn't understand and turned his head to the side of Old Xu.

The old man's eyes were shining at the moment, but they were also confused.

It's like I remembered something intermittently, but didn't fully remember it.

Ji Xun asked: "Senior, what is going on?"

Old Man Xu's turbid eyes were focused, and he said in a deep voice without expression: "Those Old God believers used spiritual mediums to sacrifice, awakening some of the consciousness existing in the seal. He is trying to break the seal here."

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Ji Xun looked solemn.

But I don’t have to feel that there is much crisis in my heart.

He can't solve things that are too high-end.

That kind of anxiety is not something he has to think about.

What Ji Xun is thinking about now is a question: Can he absorb those blood media himself?

Before he could ask, Old Man Xu said: "Girl and little one, just stay with this snake statue. The pollution inside is something you can't bear."

Song Yu and Xiao Turtlejiu didn't understand why the old man seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person, but they understood the extremely mysterious demeanor and responded obediently: "Oh."

This kind of situation, even if you think about it with your toes, they can't handle it.

After saying that, Old Man Xu walked slowly towards the black stone tablet.

Ji Xun looked at the corner of his eyes and twitched.

Wait, what about me?
  Just like that time in Xia Mucheng, the old man seemed to have completely ignored him.

Ji Xun's eyelids twitched as he looked at the hunched back that was gradually receding. He was also very curious about the content on the stone tablet.

Thinking that the old man didn't say he couldn't go just now, Ji Xun followed him shamelessly.

There's no danger, the old man won't help, right?
  Sure enough, Ji Xun followed, and Old Man Xu didn't say anything.

But the environment in the temple always discouraged him.

After taking a few steps, Ji Xun noticed that the black hair on his skin was growing rapidly.

Seeing this scene, he was very surprised: "What's going on?"

It was not an active transformation, but it was corroded, and the blood in the body seemed to boil, and it automatically began to transform into a beast.

Enlightenment has also been refreshed.

"You listened to the whispers of gods from ancient times, mental confusion immunity, you touched the 'miracle of the past'"

"Bloodline resistance, you are immune to slight 'corruption'"

Ji Xun looked at the enlightenment prompts and understood something: "Is it true that the werewolf bloodline and the pollution in this blood pool are naturally in conflict?"

He couldn't think of any other reason.

And the good news is that passive transformation consumes very little mana.

This is enough to keep him going for longer.

After walking a hundred steps, Ji Xun's forehead was already covered with thin beads of sweat.

At this moment, he had completely transformed into a ferocious werewolf form, resisting the secret thick corrupting blood mist in the air.

Fortunately, we have reached the stone monument.

This is the third stone tablet Ji Xun has seen.

But even after watching it many times, I still feel a strong sense of mystery and a heavy sense of history when I look at it again.

The top is the same as what I saw before. Looking at it carefully, there are some golden tadpole-like words floating on the stone tablet.

Old man Xu looked very attentively and was already immersed in it.

His whole body also entered that bizarre state again, quietly integrating with the surrounding environment.

If you don't look at it deliberately, it's as if he doesn't exist.

Ji Xun has seen it once, so it's not surprising.

He focused instead on the stone tablet.

Just like the section in Shangbang Prison last time, Ji Xun could only understand a little bit.

And he translated some words using words he could understand: "seal", "immortal family", "god thief", "scarlet corruption".
  After watching for a long time, Ji Xun clearly felt his head was dizzy.

He already had experience, so he immediately restrained his gaze and did not dare to let himself get too obsessed with those super-level knowledge.

Likewise, he saw the ancient symbol that looked like a "snowflake" again.

"Is it really a plague?"

Last time, Gong Wu said that his predecessor "Light Chaser" mentioned this symbol, and again thought of those vampires.

He thinks that the "scarlet corruption" may point to some kind of blood-borne plague?

Before the contents he saw in his mind ran away, he was pondering another thought in his mind: "Why does it feel like the contents on this stone tablet record some epic poem?"

Ji Xun's mouth tightened at this.

He wanted to read some extraordinary knowledge that he could understand.

After all, Katarina understood the magic solution just after looking at the stone tablet for a while last time.
  There must be something extraordinary about this stone tablet.

But it seems that I can't understand it now.

"Knowledge is not enough."

Ji Xun glanced at Old Xu who had no time to talk to him, and sighed slightly in his heart.

The stone tablet could not be seen, so Ji Xun observed the temple.

The stele is located near the pyramid, which is the center of the temple.

Eight large snakes of different shapes are located in the eight directions of the pyramid, like dedicated prison guards, staring at the blood pool in the center.

They have guarded this seal for thousands of years.

However, due to the pollution of blood in the air, the statues made of white marble have been stained with a faint blood color.

After Ji Xun knew that these were real people, his eyes became more respectful.

As soon as he turned his head with righteous thoughts, he suddenly felt as if he was being "watched" by something.

Looking up, Ji Xun felt goosebumps instantly!
  Because at this time, he actually saw a big white snake coiled on the ceiling made of mithril in the temple.

No, not an ordinary snake.

The truck-sized head had double horns on it, and Ji Xun recognized it immediately: the Abyss Dragon-Scale King Snake!

This is an ancient snake species of Dragonborn bloodline.

He knew this big snake, he had seen it on Bai Wei before, and Old Man Xu had done some popular science.

It is said that this kind of king snake can reach a length of [-] meters in adulthood and can swallow a giant dragon alive.

But the line on the ceiling definitely looks more than a hundred meters long!

Just the part that leaked out was more than [-] meters by Ji Xun's visual inspection.

The dragon's scales are both thick and thick, and the muscles of the snake's body are bulging and powerful.
  It seemed to be lying dormant in the middle of the ceiling, just above the pyramid.

And the amazing thing is that the wisps of blood on the pyramid steamed up, just like being sucked in by the big snake, and disappeared.

After observing for a moment, Ji Xun saw that the king snake was the same as the other statues in the temple, and felt inexplicably relieved.

But at the same time, he was also filled with emotion: "Is this also a statue of a god? If it is a statue of a god, what level did it have to be in life?"

King snake (flesh), insect (element), fox (spirit), three-legged sparrow (mysterious)
  It just copes with the four extraordinary elements.

Ji Xun also understood a little bit of the layout of the Bai family in this temple.

However, the entire temple exists for the purpose of sealing, and there is nothing else.

Ji Xun observed it and had no intention of touching it.

As for the [Corrupt Blood Media] in the blood pool, he didn't dare to touch them.

Enlightenment only shows one name. It is best to wait until Old Man Xu has finished reading the stone tablet before talking about such incomprehensible things.

He returned to the cave entrance.

Seeing Ji Xun come back, Song Yu asked, "Mr. Ji Xun, what's going on inside?"

Ji Xun responded: "Nothing special, just a large seal."

As he spoke, he glanced at Song Yu.

This girl had already called her by her first name familiarly before.

Now he's become polite again.

"Oh."

Song Yu felt a little guilty when he was looked at by that look, but he also asked: "Then what are we going to do now?"

Ji Xundao: "Just wait."

Old Man Xu was looking at the stone tablet. Without him, the three of them were in a dilemma.

We can only wait first.

With that said, Ji Xun sat cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate. He thought of something and reminded him: "Be careful. Those vampires may come here in the next few days."

He always felt that things would not be that simple.

Since those vampires sacrificed blood to the entire town of Bolton, they must have made such a big move to break the seal.

Moreover, they had killed the X Bureau's special agent team before, which meant that those vampires were sure to achieve their goals before X Bureau's reinforcements arrived.

Ji Xun is fairly familiar with the Old God Sect. Looking at the blood pool now, he estimated that those vampires would probably come looking for him.

It's even on the way.

But with old man Xu here, I guess it won't be a big problem.

It seems that he temporarily remembered the password for the large size again.

If something unexpected happens, we should be able to get to the bottom of it.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun began to meditate peacefully.

This meditation lasted three full days.

Ji Xun can tolerate loneliness, and it makes no difference to him where he meditates.

While meditating, I tried to use [Feast] to absorb the extraordinary characteristics of the blood-borne blood in the air.

He thought that JOKER could be exempted from the pollution of faith, and his body's self-healing ability could also resist corruption to a certain extent.

Totally try it.

Any talk of "pollution" without regard to dose is a hooliganism.

It's like becoming resistant to toxins. As long as the dose can be controlled, the pollution can theoretically be slowly swallowed up.

With the thought coming together, he has been testing carefully in the past three days.

The good news is.

Ji Xun's guess was right, those extraordinary characteristics could also be absorbed.

He gradually adapted to the corruption and pollution, and his physical attributes also increased little by little.

At this moment, Ji Xun was meditating in the center of the temple.

Now he no longer needs to transform into a werewolf to stay here for a long time.

The highly corrosive blood mist burned on the skin like sulfuric acid, but Ji Xun's own body recovery ability was just enough to smooth out the corrosive injuries.

Pretty much as expected.

But what's not good about the situation is that his "weak state" has not subsided much in the past few days.

It had previously recovered to less than [-]%.

It's only [-]% now.

This is also the strangest thing about Ji Xun.

His own recovery ability can cure corruption and erosion, which proves that there is no problem.

But it can't alleviate the "weak state" at all.

This made him vaguely guess that the cause of the weakness was most likely some kind of high-level law trauma.

This has to do with him traveling through time and space.

While he was meditating, Song Yu's voice came from the entrance of the temple not far away: "Ji Xun, it's time to eat."

Ji Xun opened his eyes, looked at the girl in the distance with a bright smile on her face, and said, "Okay."

Three days have passed, and the young lady from the chaebol family seems to have completely forgotten the embarrassing laughter that happened before.

The previous polite address has changed to now calling out his name openly.

Just as he was hungry, Ji Xun got up and walked over.

The simple campsite is next to several statues of snake gods.

Little Turtle Dove had already filled a bowl of mushroom soup for him and brought it over carefully: "Mr. Ji Xun."

Ji Xun took Xiaoxiao and asked, "How do you feel after fusing the mark?"

Like a student reporting on his studies, Little Turtle Dove responded seriously: "I feel like my body is getting stronger, um... getting stronger and stronger."

Ji Xun also nodded in approval, the legendary mark was naturally extraordinary.

He asked again: "Then have you decided which card master path you want to take in the future?"

Little Turtle Dove said: "I think. I want to be a doctor like my father."

Ji Xundao: "It's pretty good. The four career sequences of the healing path are all good. I suggest you take [Plague Doctor] or [Paladin]. After all, your melee talent is very good."

"Ah."

The little turtle dove wrote it down with a happy face.

After experiencing so many things, Ji Xun's image in his young mind now was that of a teacher he trusted unconditionally.

At this time, Song Yu took out a big piece of meat from the pot and put it directly on the plate next to Ji Xun, smiling with his eyebrows creasing: "Here, try this."

"Ah."

The two looked at each other, Ji Xun smiled and said nothing, and buried his head in eating.

The three of them were busy cooking.

This was originally a very ordinary day.

Just like the previous three days.

But while he was eating, Ji Xun's eyes suddenly flashed, and he raised his head and looked in the direction of the corridor: "Huh?"

Song Yu noticed that his expression was serious and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Xun's ears moved slightly, and he made sure that his perception was correct, and said sternly: "Someone is coming in!"

"what?"

Song Yu also immediately realized that something was wrong.

This place is so secretive that it is impossible for outsiders to find it without a map.

But now someone is here, which means there is only one possibility.

Those vampires!
  "Did you really come?"

Ji Xun also felt that the situation was not good.

There is only one way to go to this underground temple.

If you go out now, you will inevitably encounter someone who breaks in.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun glanced at Old Man Xu who was still motionless in front of the stone tablet in the distance, and his eyes shrank slightly.

If this person doesn't help, he won't be able to get out at all.

Ji Xun himself could move freely in the underground palace, but Song Yu and Xiao Turtlejiu could not.

This means that when those vampires come in, they will definitely bump into each other.

dilemma.

How to do?
  Although there were some ancient restrictions in the corridor, Ji Xun didn't think he could stop the vampires who were prepared.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, the movement in the corridor became louder and louder.

The three of them did not speak, and the atmosphere was visibly solemn.

Song Yu and Xiao Turtlejiu on the side saw that something was wrong, immediately packed up the camp, took out their weapons and equipment and entered combat mode.

Instead of worrying, think.

Since Ji Xun knew that they would not die, he was not worried about the crisis.

But now this situation makes him very confused, where is the choice to survive?
  At this moment, a worse situation occurred.

Without warning, the entire cave trembled.

The bleeding pyramid in the temple also shook violently, as if something was about to break the seal and come out.

The sudden movement seemed to have caused a chain reaction.

The pool of [Corrupted Blood Media] that had been gathered before seemed to be boiling now, with big bubbles gushing and bubbling.

In the huge underground palace, a huge red nine-pointed star magic array has lit up in the void.

There are many similarities between the methods of the Old God Sect.

Seeing this nine-pointed star formation, Ji Xun thought of some of the sacrificial formations in the "Silver Moon Secret Code", and shouted something bad in his heart: "No! Those believers have already received the response from the one in the seal. !”

The believers charged into the corridor, and the "being" sealed by the pyramid now knew that the seal was about to be broken, stimulating the energy of the blood pool to crazily attack the surrounding restrictions.

I had never realized how many restrictions there were in this underground palace before.

Now this commotion has been measured by countless magic circles.

On the bricks of the pyramid, red, yellow, green, blue, and white mantras lit up, forming layers of airtight restricted networks in the void.

There are countless layers visible to the naked eye.

But the "presence" inside the pyramid has been planned for a long time.

The energy that was like a volcanic eruption was breaking through countless barriers and rushing out.

The two energies clashed fiercely in this underground palace.

Obviously the energy of the collision was more brutal.

It rushed all the way, with overwhelming momentum.

bang, bang, bang
  Countless restrictive barriers instantly shattered.

Ten floors, twenty floors, fifty floors, one hundred floors
  Those various spell barriers were as fragile as paper, and most of them shattered in a blink of an eye.

At the same time, the entire temple shook violently.

The eight big snake statues around the pyramid also trembled, and the mithril ore on the ceiling fell like raindrops.

Suddenly, there was a "clang" sound of stones breaking.

In a blink of an eye, two of the eight big snake statues were broken into pieces!

The moment the statue was shattered, two corners of the intact barrier were missing, and cracks appeared on the pyramid.

Ji Xun's eyelids twitched as he watched, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.

He looked at Old Man Xu again, who was still not affected by the movement at all, and exhaled a heavy breath: "If you don't wake up, you will be in trouble."

As Ji Xun expected,

Most of the restrictions and pyramids in this temple have been destroyed by the "existence" of the seal.

The restrictions in the corridor did not restrict those intruders.

"Hahaha, it finally broke!"

"I have sensed the call of the Holy Lord."

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There was a yell.

When Ji Xun looked again, a group of green-faced and fanged vampires rushed in.

The two groups of people collided at the entrance of the temple.

Ji Xun and the others looked at this group of guys with bad intentions, their expressions were solemn.

And the group of vampires were also very surprised. There were other humans here?

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Ji Xun immediately took stock of the strength of the opponent's group.

The two leading ones were wearing blood-colored cloaks, and neither of them had particularly strong Qi.

On the contrary, there was a very strong being among the vampires behind him.

"The strongest one should be the fourth level and the third level. The others are all the second level and the first level."

Ji Xungang wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, even if he is unable to defeat the fourth level right now, he can still hold on for a while.

The enemy is not too strong.

But after carefully sensing the other man in the blood-colored cloak, he was suddenly surprised and said: "There is another one who has no 'qi'! What's going on?"

All living things have "qi".

Even if it is so well hidden that no one can perceive its strength, it must still be there.

But one of these vampires has no breath at all!
  In other words, it is not human!
  Ji Xun immediately thought of something and became alert: "Is it that weapon spirit?"

As soon as the two sides met each other, they immediately looked like a big fight.

However, at this moment, one of the guys in a bloody cloak lifted up his cloak, revealing the face of a thin middle-aged man with a mustache.

Song Yu on the side looked at it and exclaimed: "Third uncle?"

　It's a little caffeinated, sorry it's a little watery
  　　
  　
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